Supplement to Naiure,~i 

 June 16, 1898 J 



Index 



Vll 



Sunspots, 284 ; the Director of the Lick Observatory, 16 ; 

 Comet Perrine (October 16), 16, 88, 492 ; Herr J. MoUer, 

 16, 61, 105; Dr. F. Ristenpart, 519; Prof. H. Kreutz, 568, 

 591, 617 ; Winnecke's Periodic Comet, 180, 284, 472 ; Prof. 

 Perrine, 230 ; Winnecke's Comet = a 1898, 325, 352 ; Theory 

 of Periodic Comets, M. Callandreau, 303 ; the Comet of 

 1892 II, Dr. L. Steiner, 325 ; Velocity of Solar System, Prof. 

 J. C. Kapteyn, 191 ; the Total Eclipse of the Sun (1898), 35, 

 "105, 294, 325, 365; Sir Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., 

 342 ; Arrival of Eclipse Parties at Bombay, 230 ; the Total 

 Solar Eclipse of 1900, 159; EcHpse Negatives, 419; the 

 Binary j8 395 = 82 Ceti, Dr. T. J. J. See, 36; Telescopic 

 Seeing, 36 ; Die Meteoriten in Sammlungen und ihre 

 Literatur, Dr. E. A. Wiilfing, 53 ; Spectrum Analysis 

 of Meteorites, W. N. Hartley and Hugh Ramage, 546 ; 

 Jupiter's Third and Fourth Satellites, Prof. Barnard, 61 ; the 

 Present Appearance of Jupiter, W. F. Denning, 586 ; the 

 Variable Star )3 Lyrse, Herr Pannekoek, 61 ; New Investiga- 

 tions of 5 Lyrae, Prof. A. Belopolsky, 207 ; the Variable Star 

 o Ceti (Mira), 105, 136 ; the Variability of Mira Ceti, David 

 Flanery, 245 ; Variables S Cephei and T Ursse Majoris, C. E. 

 Peek, 105; New Variable Stars, 179, 472; Dr. Anderson, 

 179; Variables in Star Clusters, 400; the Variables S. Cas- 

 siopeise and S. Ursse Majoris, Mr. Peek, 492 ; Two New 

 Variable Stars of Short Period, Herren G. Muller and P. 

 Kempf, 519; Variables and their Comparison Stars, Prof. 

 E. C. Pickering, 519; Obituary Notice of Prof Ernst 

 Schering, 85 ; Theory of the Motion of the Moon, Ernest W. 

 Brown, 88 ; Corrected Position of the Moon, M. Lagrula, 

 159; Partial Eclipse of the Moon, 207; Current Astrono- 

 mical Articles, 88 ; Systematic Observations of Occultations, 

 Herr H. Batterman, 105; Occultation of Ceres, 400 ;Oc- 

 cultation of Antares, 442 ; Astronomical Constants at the 

 Paris Conference, Dr. Fr. Porro, 127 ; Death of Prof. F. A. T. 

 Winnecke, 133 ; Obituary Notice of, 155 ; the Companion of 

 Sirius, Dr. See, 136 ; a Liberal Gift to Astronomy by Miss 

 Alice Bache Gould, 137 ; Employment of Method of Least 

 Squares to detect Systematic Errors, J. Mascart, 143 ; the 

 Orientation of Greek Temples, F. C. Penrose, F.R.S., 151 ; 

 Opposition of Two Minor Planets, 159 ; Minor Planets in 1897, 

 256 ; a New Form of Mirror for a Reflecting Telescope, 160 ; 

 Memorials of William Cranch Bond and George Phillips 

 Bond, Edward S. Holden, Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer, 171 : New 

 Double Stars, R. T. A. Innes, 179 ; Variations in the Spec- 

 trum of Nebula in Orion, iSo ; Nebulae near Castor, Prof. 

 Barnard, 326 ; Telescope for Nebulae, J. Janssen, 359 ; New 

 Photograjphs of Nebulae, M. A. Rabourdin, 374 ; the Photo- 

 graphy of Nebulae, Prof. R. A. Gregory, 443 ; Large Refract- 

 ing and Reflecting Telescopes, W. J. S. Lockyer, 200 ; As- 

 tronomical Occurrences in January 1898, 207 ; Astronomical 

 Occurrences in February 1898, 303 ; Astronomical Occurrences 

 in March 1898, 399 ; Astronomical Occurrences in April 1898, 

 519 ; Astronomical Occurrences in May 1898, 617 ; Nautical 

 Almanac Corrigenda, 1898,207 ; Nautical Almanac 1901,442 ; 

 Occultation of the Pleiades, 207 ; the Atmospheres of Planets, 

 Dr. Johnston Stoney, 207 ; Planetary Relations, Emile An- 

 ceaux, 352 ; Atlas der Himmelskunde auf Grundlage der Er- 

 gebnisse der coelestischen Photographic, A. v Schweiger-Ler- 

 chenfeld, 220 ; Death of Arthur Kammerman, 228 ; Obituary 

 Notice of, 256 ; Mont Blanc Observatory, M. J. Janssen, 230 ; 

 Astronomical Annuals, 230; Annuaire pour I'An 1898, public 

 par Ic Bureau des Longitudes, 244 ; the Arequipa Observatory, 

 249 ; Companion to Vega, Prof. Barnard, 256 ; Harvard College 

 Report, Prof. Pickering, 256 ; Appointment of Prof. G. M. 

 Searle to the Vatican Observatory, 256 ; the Concise Know- 

 ledge of Astronomy, Agnes M. Gierke, A. Fowler, and 

 J. Ellard Gore, 266 ; Death of Dr. Eduard Lindemann, 280 ; 

 Obitury Notice of, 299 ; Death of Dr. Oscar Stumpe, 280 ; 

 Obituary Notice of, 299 ; a New Spectroscopic Binary, 284 ; 

 a Variable Bright Hydrogen Line, Miss A. J. Cannon, 284 ; 

 Astronomical Constants, 284 ; Longitude of Madras, 284 ; 

 Photographic Magnitudes, Prof. Pickering, 303 ; the Consti- 

 tution and Function of Gases, Severinus J. Corrigan, 316 ; 

 Large and Small Proper Motions, Prof. Kapteyn, 325 ; Row- 

 land's Tables, 326 ; Obituary Notice of Dr. Karl Necker, 

 326 ; U Pegasi and Short Period Variables, O. C. Wendell, 

 352 ; Variable Star, U Pegasi, 442 ; Astronomical Annual 

 for 1898, 353 ; Spectrum Researches of i;-Aquil3e, Prof. 

 A. Belopolsky, 353 ; Carbon in the Chromosf>here, 



Prof. Hale, 374 ; Parallax of Sirius, Dr. Gill, 374 ; 

 a Probable New Star, Rev. T. E. Espin, 374 ; Address to 

 the Royal Astronomical Society, Sir Robert Ball, F.R.S. ? 

 and Presentation of Gold Medal to W. F. Denning, 376 ; the 

 Observer's Atlas of the Heavens, William Peck, 388 ; Periodic 

 Orbits, Prof. G. H. Darwin, 394 ; Another Lunar Hoax, 

 399 ; a Remarkable Object, Rev. T. E. Espin, 400 ; a Large 

 Reflecting Telescope, Rev. John Peatc, 400 ; Parallaxes of 

 Stars, Dr. Gill, 400 ; Astronomical Photography, Dr. Isaac 

 Roberts, 417 ; Cinematograph in Astronomy, M. Camille- 

 Flammarion, 419 ; a Probable New Star, 419 ; Electrolytic- 

 Reflectors, Sherard Cowper-Coles, 419 ; Constant of Aber- 

 ration, Prof. C. L. Doolittle, 472 ; Astronomical Serials^ 

 472 ; Magnitudes of 108 1 Southern Stars, Stanley Williams, 

 491 ; Occultations Photographically observed. Prof. E. C. 

 Pickering, 492 ; Astronomy in Australasia, P. Baracchi, 493 ? 

 Concave Gratings for Stellar Photography, 520 ; a Catalogue- 

 of 636 Stars, Herr W. Luther, 520 ; Annals of the Cape 

 Observatory, 513 ; Death and Obituarj' Notice of Prof. W. A. 

 Rogers, 516 ; Favourable Apparition of Mercury, 519; Mr. 

 Wood's Method of Illustrating Planetary Orbits, Prof. Louis- 

 W. Austin, 536 ; Stellar Parallaxes, Dr. Bruno Peter, 546 ? 

 the Doubling of the Canals on Mars, M. Antoniadi, 568 ; the 

 Aurora Spectrum, Prof. E. C Pickering, 591 ; the Movement 

 of Solar Faculae, Dr. W. Stratonoff, 591 ; Das Weltgebaude. 

 — Eine Gemeinverstandliche Himmels-kunde, Dr. M.Wilhelm 

 Meyer, 604 ; Double and Multiple Southern Stars, Dr.. 

 T.J. J. See, 617; the Manora Observatory, Herr Leo 

 Brenner, 617 ; Harvard College Observatory, Prof. Pickering, 

 617 

 Astruc (A.), Neutralisation of Glycerophosphoric Acid, 191 

 Asymmetry, Researches on Molecular, Alembic Club Reprints, 



534 

 Atkinson (E. Cuthbert), the Solution of Quadratic Equations, 



463 

 Atkinson (Prof. G. F.), Experimental Morpholep, 41 

 Atlantic, North, Severe December Weather in, 282. 

 Atlas der Himmelskunde auf Grundlage der Ergebnisse der 

 coelestischen Photographic, A. v. Schweiger-Lerchenfeld, 

 220 

 Atlas of the Heavens, the Observer's, William Peck, 388 

 Atmospheres of Planets, the. Dr. Johnston Stoney, 207 

 Atmospheric Pressure, Undulations in Lakes and Inland Sea* 



due to Wind and, W. H. Wheeler, 321 

 Atomic Weight of the Metals Contained, the Connection be- 

 tween the Characters of Isomorphous Salts and the, A. E.^ 

 Tutton, 36 

 Atomic Weights of Nickel and Cobalt, the, 374 

 Audubon and his Journals, Maria R. Audubon, 386 

 Augury from Combat of Shell-fish, on, Kumagusu Minakataj. 



342 

 Aurora of March 15, the, A. Geo. Smith, 511 

 Aurora Spectrum, the, Prof. E. C. Pickering, 591 

 Austin (Prof. Louis W.), Mr. Wood's Method of Illustrating 



Planetary Orbits, 536 

 Australasian Association, the, 493 ; Presidential Address, Prof. 

 A. Liversidge, F.R.S., 493 ; Astronomy and Terrestrial 

 Physics, P. Baracchi, 493 ; Measurements of Cloud Heights 

 and Velocity, P. Baracchi, 493 ; the Sources of Periodic 

 Waves, H. C. Russell, F.R.S., 493; Seismological Work in 

 New Zealand, George Hogben, 494 ; Molecular Mechanism of 

 Electrolyte, W. M. Hamlet, 494 ; Red Rain Dust, Thomas 

 Steel, 494 ; Early Life on Earth, Prof. F. W. Hutton, F.R.S., 



494 ; the Funafuti Coral-boring Expedition, Prof. David, 494 ; 

 Glacial Traces in Inman Valley, South Australia, Prof. 

 T. W. E. David and Walter Howchin, 495 ; Glacial Boulders 

 at Yellow Cliff, Central Australia, Prof. W. B. Spencer and 

 P. M. Byrne, 495 ; Evidence of Glacial Action in Bacchus 

 Marsh District, C. C. Brittlebank, G. Sweet and Prof. David, 



495 ; Geology of West Australia, 495 ; E. L. Pittman, 495 ; 

 Artesian Water in New South Wales, Rev. J. M. Curran, 

 495 ; Glaciation in Australia, Rev. J. M. Curran, 495 ; Sub- 

 marine Geography, Sir James Hector, F. R. S. , 495 ; Antarc- 

 tica, Sir James Hector, F.R.S. , 496; the Exploration of 

 Central Australia, W. H. Tietkins, 496 ; Origin of Austra- 

 lasian Aborigines, A. W. Howitt, 496 ; Native Life in 

 Central Australia, Prof. W. B. Spencer, 496. 



Australia : Report of Australian Museum, Sydney, 15 ; Re- 

 markable Termite Mounds of Australia, W\ Saville-Kent, 81 ;. 



